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In Reply to: RE: Sunday Spins posted by Devils Advocate on May 17, 2015 at 15:01:51
That is, the new QRP/Analog Productions 45 rpm double set of Time Out, whilst breaking in my new power amp.
Followed that up with Acoustic Alchemy's Natural Elements.
Both recordings through the new amp were sounding very relaxing. In particular, the dave Brubeck Quartet was in my living room! Presence and intimacy to boot! YIKES it was good.
Dman
Analog Junkie
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Those original tapes must be in extraordinarily good condition.
Let's just say that the vinyl's surface noise is actually lower than the tapes- there are many places where the music ends before the tape his is faded out!
The sound is MUCH better than the HDCD Compact Disc version (mid 90's release, IIRC) and even though I have a NM Mono, there is no contest. While the HDCD disc seems to spotlight Paul Desmond's saxophone too much, almost to the point of being too loud, he's also dead center with the acoustic bass. Drums are hard left, sax an bass lumped in the middle and piano is hard right, with very little breathing room between them.
On the QRP version, drums are predominately hard left with reverb and leakage to the right, sax and acoustic bass tends to wander (sax is center to left of center, bass is center to right of center), and piano takes up an almost hard right space, but man is it solid and full- sounding! You can also hear cleanly and clearly when reverb is added or mikes are faded up or down.
While I don't know much of the back story of Time Out (the making of, what takes were used, etc.), the older 90's HDCD was and introduction to the music while the QRP double 45rpm LP version is the one that makes me WANT to listen to it again and again.
Just my thoughts as a listener...
Cheers,
Dman
Analog Junkie
I have an early 4-track tape version and it is (or was) extraordinary. Even on the tape, the recording hiss is higher than the ambient tape hiss, but it's not objectionable. Unfortunately, the acetate tape backing on my copy has rippled due to temperature and humidity, so much of the recording is now unlistenable. The early dupe is better than the later because Columbia apparently went from a duplication speed of 4X to 8X or even higher.
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